vulture
vulture
英[ˈvʌltʃə(r)]美[ˈvʌltʃɚ]
n.秃鹰，秃鹫，贪婪的人，劫掠者；
复数：vultures;
例句
The Turkey Vulture could scent up to 10 miles.土耳其秃鹫,能够闻到10英里以外的气味.
That vulture is capable of doing anything.那个贪得无厌的人什么事都能干得出来.
The vulture extended his scrawny neck.兀鹫伸出细长的脖子。
We saw a vulture gorging on some rotting carcase.我们看见一只秃鹫正在贪婪地啄食腐尸.
英语六级真题
Recruiters circle elite universities like vultures ( ' , 兀鹰).
出自-2016年12月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
兀鹫;秃鹫
A vulture is a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals.
N-COUNT
趁火打劫的人;乘人之危的人
If you describe a person as a vulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles.
例句
With no buyer in sight for the company as a whole, the vultures started to circle.由于公司目前找不到买主，趁火打劫者开始围攻。英汉词典释义
n.
秃鹫
Vultures circled over a dead animal.秃鹫在动物尸体上空盘旋。Vultures circled overhead as the lions fed.狮子进食的时候，禿鹫在上空盘旋。The vultures were already circling around the dead animal.兀鹰已经在绕着动物的尸体盘旋了。压榨别人的人；贪心汉
英英词典释义
Noun
1. any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
2. someone who attacks in search of booty
